This is the personal scholarship page for Timothy Gutmann. My PhD in religion is from the University of Chicago. I focus on Islamic and East Asian traditions.
My research and teaching also focus on intellectual and social history, epistemology and philosophy of education, the politics of belonging and the minority question, and critical theory and postcolonial thought.
Having taught at the UChicago and elsewhere, I am Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Southern Mississippi. I split my time between Hattiesburg, Mississippi and Kenwood, Chicago.
Here’s my latest piece on Sightings, the UChicago Divinity School’s blog on religion and modern life. In it, I think about the limits of a defense of democracy based in policing political extremism in light of the federal government’s ongoing inquiry into the attack on the US Capitol on January 6. If you have any thoughts, do be in touch.
